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Law No. 14 of 1964 on the Real Estate Registration System

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 14Date: 27/10/1964 Corresponding to 21/06/1384 HijriNumber of Articles: 23Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 7Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1964 Corresponding to 16/08/1383 HijriPage from: 1312

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PART 7: Fees

17 Article

1. Registration fees of contracts and certifications, surveys, mapping and technical planning shall be collected according to each category and on the basis set out below, and, before executing such works, title deeds, certificates or statements, registers or copies shall be issued in accordance with the following:

A. Registration of contracts and certifications:

Subject	Fees	Fee basis	Payee
Sale	Quarter percent	Contractual price	Buyer
Barter	Quarter percent	Whichever is higher	Barters, 50/50
Gift or will, for non-assets or branches or pairs	Quarter percent	Real estate value	Beneficiary
Gift or will for assets of branches or pairs or inheritance	25 riyals		Beneficiary
Inheritance	Quarter of a thousand	Real estate value	Heir
Mortgage	Quarter of a thousand	Debt amount	Mortgage creditor
Proof of ownership	Quarter of a thousand	One dirham per meter of the property area, 25 riyals minimum.	Ownership applicant

Survey, maps and technical charts:

i. Fifty (50) riyals for each property with an area less than one thousand (1,000) square meters

ii. One hundred (100) riyals for each property with an area greater than ??one thousand (1,000) square meters and less than three thousand (3,000) square meters

iii. One hundred and fifty (150) riyals for each property with an area of three thousand (?3,000) square meters or greater

These fees shall include the cost of delivery of one copy of the map or chart to the person concerned.

B. Title deeds, mortgage certificates, data, images, copies or registers:

i. Title deed - 10 riyals (reduced by half if the property is shared)

ii. Mortgage certificate - 5 riyals

iii. Statement, image, copy or registration - 5 riyals

iv. Property plan - 5 riyals

2. The Department shall estimate the value of the property where necessary, and where a concerned person objects to such estimation the Real Estate Registration and Notarization Commission shall estimate the value of the property. The Commission’s decision shall be by an absolute majority of its members, final and not subject to appeal.

3. All fees shall be collected by affixing fiscal stamps to official papers and stamping them with the official seal to prevent any use thereafter.

4. No fraction of a fee shall be collected as a percentage or as part of a thousand.

18 Article

The following official correspondence shall be exempt from fees:

1.     Permits issued in the interest of the government, public institutions and public bodies. Permits issued by these entities in the interest of others shall be charged fees.

2.     Gifts, bequests and endowments for charitable causes.

3.     Contracts, papers and documents relating to real estate allocated by the State to citizens in accordance with Law No. 1 of 1964 establishing a system of popular housing, as amended, or Decree No. 7 of 1977 organising housing for senior Qatari officials, or any related laws, regulations or decisions or systems currently in force.

4.     Certifications of exit, waiver, settlement and jurisdiction between the heirs, based on the judgment or decision of the Shariah Court.

5.     Other cases where total or partial exemption from fees is decided by an Emiri decree.